Comment on Best way to prevent Bambu A1 mini from updating firmware?
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Easy mode: don’t connect it to internet
Slightly harder and mode: add exceptions for bambus servers in your routers firewall so that requests to that domain are blocked
Dependent on hardware that you own and less likely: create a virtual lan for your 3d printer that does not have internet access but has intranet access, allowing you to connect between computers but not to the web (my preferred solution)
early_riser@lemmy.radio 1 week ago
I assigned a static IP address to my A1 mini in my router, and made a firewall rule preventing all traffic originating from that IP from going to the internet. The printer is also in LAN only mode, but I periodically have to reconnect it to Bambu studio which is annoying.
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
That’s similar to the isolated vlan but someone who knows more about networking than me will probably be able to explain why the vlan is superior. I would imagine it’s failsafeness, the vlan is just its own thing
The benefit of doing the domain specific firewall blocking would be if you wanted your printer to otherwise have internet access (eg to check octoprint remotely). I don’t print when I’m not home due to the risk of fire and I don’t trust opening up my printer to the web, so I don’t bother with this. Others may have different opinions on acceptable risk